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Horror Game Recommendations for Wife and I
- Thread starter TheMay30thMan
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Mozzarella
Member
I have to wonder how can some people enjoy playing Horror games with others? My friends always play Horror games with each other and i cant comprehend how can they enjoy!! The whole purpose of Horror games is to immersive yourself into them to feel vulnerable and get scared or feel the tension, when another person is next to me i dont feel that at all and the game turns into a joke.
However i am not married so maybe with the love of your life its a different experience than with your friends.
With that said, i think those games are worth trying.
Alien Isolation
Resident Evil Remake, 2 Remake, 7, and 8
Amnesia TDD
Outlast
Visage
Inside
SOMA
Something that relies on scare factor and tense atmosphere, i dont think a lot of action is good for a duo playthrough for 2 close persons.
However i am not married so maybe with the love of your life its a different experience than with your friends.
With that said, i think those games are worth trying.
Alien Isolation
Resident Evil Remake, 2 Remake, 7, and 8
Amnesia TDD
Outlast
Visage
Inside
SOMA
Something that relies on scare factor and tense atmosphere, i dont think a lot of action is good for a duo playthrough for 2 close persons.
killatopak
Member
Fnaf is easy to get into and the mechanics are basic just don’t go bother with the fanbase.
mekes
Member
Because it has been a while for you both with starting a family and all, I really recommend any of the recent games from SupperMassive. Until Dawn, Man of Medan, Little Hope are all good games. I recommend these to start because time might be at a premium and these games are great at keeping the entertainment coming. You can’t have a wasted hour on these games so if you need to suddenly finish because of kids etc, you’d have had some fun in the time you played and be able to pick right back up where you left off.
ResurrectedContrarian
Suffers with mild autism
Updated recommendation: The Sinking City is now on sale on the PS Store. I bought the PS5 version (seems much upgraded over the last-gen version based on comparisons) and it's a fantastically atmospheric, fairly open-ended game that has enough narrative and characters to keep my wife invested.
The Sinking City PS5
The Sinking City® on PlayStation®5 offers the following improvements - 3840x2160 resolution 4K - 60 frames per second - Improved graphical fidelity - Significantly faster loading times - DualSense features support. The Sinking City is an adventure and investigation game set in an open...
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hangdang69
Member
How is Tormented Souls? I've been thinking about picking it up, but worry the voice acting will be so bad that it ruins the experience
Dust-by-Monday
Member
Don’t forget Inside
jshackles
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My son and I started playing The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope last night in "movie night mode", which was really fun.
Basically, it's a pass-the-controller multiplayer mode, where each person controls individual characters (you pick who controls which characters at the beginning of the game). Then - when that character is "active" the game instructs you to pass the controller to that person so they can make the choices / do the QTEs until it's the other player's turn again. It's a fun way to turn what would otherwise be a single-player experience (like Until Dawn was) into an engaging couch co-op.
Also - the next game House of Ashes comes out next week.
Basically, it's a pass-the-controller multiplayer mode, where each person controls individual characters (you pick who controls which characters at the beginning of the game). Then - when that character is "active" the game instructs you to pass the controller to that person so they can make the choices / do the QTEs until it's the other player's turn again. It's a fun way to turn what would otherwise be a single-player experience (like Until Dawn was) into an engaging couch co-op.
Also - the next game House of Ashes comes out next week.
onesvenus
Member
I was going to recommend Visage because it's amazing. Like PT on asteroids. Usually terror movies and games do nothing to me but I have been legitly scared a bunch of times playing it.
It's also on Gamepass which is nice
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
He asked for horror games. Not 20 hours long, restoring power to door generators game... with a single most known alien in the history of the world.
How is something so known supposed to be scary ?!
Yes. I finished this shitty game. It would be good 5 hours game... but 20 ? cmon wtf
{insert code here}
Member
If you don't mind jump scares, Resetera.com is one of the better survival horror games in recent memory.
BlackM1st
Banned
Nah. You're doing it wrong. It's way more fun to kill em all
IbizaPocholo
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Kagey K
Banned
That's one game everyone is guaranteed to lose at.
It's rigged so only Cerium wins.
Aenima
Member
Until Dawn is perfect to play with company. Thers many branching paths, characters that can die or stay alive depending of the player decisions, its great to make those decisions with company and experience the outcome.
If you want something more scary i would sugest the Fatal Frame/Project Zero series.
But if u want to experience true horror. Then you need a base Xbox One or base PS4 with Cyberpunk 2077.
If you want something more scary i would sugest the Fatal Frame/Project Zero series.
But if u want to experience true horror. Then you need a base Xbox One or base PS4 with Cyberpunk 2077.
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TidusYuna
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Supermassive Games The Dark Pictures Anthology games are perfect. Games like Until Dawn, Man of Medan, Little Hope, and House of Ashes, they are like Scary movies where you get to make the decisions like hide or run, get in the running car or hide behind the chainsaws etc. Here is a scary movie video game tip TS, just do the opposite of everything she recommends for the character that you want to survive until the end.
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Heimdall_Xtreme
Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Any Mario Party. They've been proven to strengthen relationships and totally not cause divorces. You'll thank me afterwards.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
I would like to recommend these two games, especially Devotion. It’s about a Taiwanese family in the 1980’s. You travel to certain years and the apartment ages as you progress. It’s been one of the best psychological horror games I’ve played in years. The other one ParanormalHK was something I found after Devotion. I’m a big Silent Hill fan and Devotion hit the spot. You would need to purchase it from the developers website though. It got delisted from Steam, so all you’d find is their previous game Detention.
redcandlegames.com
DEVOTION
Devotion is a first-person atmospheric horror game depicting the life of a family shadowed by religious belief. Explore a 1980s Taiwan apartment complex lost in time gradually shift into a hellish nightmare. Delve into the vows each member of the family has made, and witness their devotion.
redcandlegames.com
JackMcGunns
Member
Visage
Shifty1897
Member
I got through an entire horror games thread and not one person mentioned Condemned 1 or 2.
You've all lost your way.
You've all lost your way.
PlayofSparta
Member
Silent Hill 2.
Let her play and just watch. Pure magic.
Let her play and just watch. Pure magic.
Spaceman292
Banned
The difference is that other games have G A M E P L A Y
smart_brazileiro
Banned
I second that. It's genuinely terrifying.
Also Sagebrush. That one stays with you due to its realistic nature.
tommib
Member
Don’t know what Sagebrush is but Murder House is probably my biggest surprise of the year. It’s so scary and they nailed the slasher visuals. The music is godtier synth-horror.
emivita
Member
If you haven't played RE3 Remake yet, play it. Ignore haters, it's a great game especially if played at Hardcore difficulty right away for that survival horror feel. And if you have already played the original, storyline is quite different (more different than RE2 vs RE2R).
VAVA Mk2
Member
IGN totally fucked up the review on it.
22•22
NO PAIN TRANCE CONTINUE
For myself half the fun came from walking/sneaking around just ogling the visuals. Alien has a very dope retro futuristic design which was very much brought to life of sorts in the game =)
tommib
Member
Bro fist.
That game should’ve had the length of a feature film not 20+ hours of incredibly repetitive missions. And don’t get me started on the androids. Amazing graphics and sound for a 3 hour experience.
smart_brazileiro
Banned
Condemmend 2... The bear... I almost shat my pants.
PsyEd
Member
The first time I actually appreciated the 5.1 surround setup I had...and getting chased by it was an "experience" for sure. I really hope the franchise gets revived or rebooted.
TheMay30thMan
Member
I really love alien isolation. The atmosphere was top notch. It felt like a true sequel to the first Alien movie to me. It’s the only “hide and seek” style game that I like because half the game doesn’t necessarily need to be played that way. My wife won’t play it with me though. The way I play it is too chaotic for her. She was watching while I played the following clip. Couldn’t stand it.